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Teotihuacán from the top of the Moon Pyramid
This shot was taken from the top of the Moon Pyramid. Some ceremonial buildings in the first...
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Guillermo, the Moon Pyramid and me
Kuauhtli, our Mexica guide, took this picture when we were standing at the top of the Sun Pyramid. The Moon Pyramid is in the back.
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The Sun Pyramid
Kuauhtli, Guillermo and the Sun Pyramid. Kuauhtli is the mexica name of our guide, who is also...
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Plaza de las Tres Culturas
In english: The Square of the Three Cultures. Named so because of the convergence in a same place...
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Mayan carved pillar (reproduction)
This reproduction of a commemorative pillar, is placed at the Maya garden of the National Museum...
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La Casa de los Azulejos
The author of this beutiful mural, which can be seen at 'La Casa de los Azulejos', is José Clemente Orozco.
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The Hoochob Temple
Also placed at the National Museum of Anthropology, this is a natural-scale reproduction of the Hoochob Temple. The original is in Chich'en Itzá.
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Mexica codices
Preserved at the National Museum of Anthropology, these are some of the Mexica codices....
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Guillermo by the 'Atlante'
These stone columns, carved to represent fully dressed and armed warriors, supported the ceiling...
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Me by the 'Umbrella'
The very impressive entrance to the National Museum of Anthropology, in México DF.
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Lunch at "La Casa de los Azulejos"
Perhaps the most spectacular dinning-room in Mexico city: Samborg's restaurant at "La Casa...
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The Palace of Fine Arts: the inside
A view of 'Katharsis', a mural by José Clemente Orozco housed at the Palace of Fine Arts, México DF.
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The Palace of Fine Arts
This magnificent building perfectly mirrors the taste of the mexican oligarchy during the 'Porfiriato'.
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Guillermo at the National Palace
The center of the political power in Mexico, the National Palace, neighboring the famous square known as 'El Zocalo'
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Coyolxauhqui and me
Monumental carving of beheaded and dismembered Coyolxauhqui, Moon' goddess of the...
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Guillermo at the Great Temple
The Great Temple (Templo Mayor)
The ruins of the major ceremonial building of the Mexicas in Tenochtitlan: ' El Templo Mayor'....
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The National Cathedral
The ceremonial building that replaced the Great Temple. Very impressive... though... might I have preferred the former better?
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